u/ThomasTHMS

Seriously what did they feed Dark SAM lmao? He went from 14M HP to 20M in 2 patches which is insane

Team includes E2S1 Seele (Archer’s LC), E1S1 DHPT, E2S1 Sparkle, and E1S1 Cerydra

This is a test to see how well Seele can perform against a pure ST boss, one that has no minions to trigger Resurgence at all. The plan is to stack up Nightshade and Amplification in the first wave, then go all out on SAM afterwards

Remember, Nightshade and Amplification last for 3 turns, and Seele does pretty impressive damage while those buffs are active (230% dmg bonus). After that however, good luck I suppose?

Team includes E2S1 Seele and Sparkle, E1S1 Cerydra and DHPT. Just make sure Seele and Sparkle don’t get CC’ed and we’re good

Node 1 is also doable as well, but there are enemies that can delay you so I picked Node 3 instead

I decided to rank all APOC bosses based on how well Seele can perform against them. Note that this list is about bosses in Apocalyptic Shadows, whose mechanics are vastly different compared to their normal version

The description for each tier is as below:

• Best matchup: Undoubtedly Seele's best matchup. He was already pretty good for Seele before her Novaflare, and now she is absolutely broken against him
• Great: These bosses have great mechanics and are very fun to optimize for higher scores. You can achieve around 3600-3700 points against these bosses with an E0 Seele team
• Good: These bosses have good mechanics but are not as fun to fight as the upper tiers. You can achieve around 3400-3500 points against these bosses
• Fine: You can try but it's not gonna feel great. You can probably get 3300 points if you do try fighting these bosses
• Nope: Don't bother trying lol. Just use anyone else

There is also >!Abundant Ebon Deer!< who will make its debut in APOC next patch. From its revamped mechanics I'll probably put it somewhere in Good tier

Also, it goes without saying that for bosses without Quantum weakness (Aventurine, Argenti, etc.), you may wanna bring SW along, otherwise it'll take forever to break those bosses

I remember struggling so hard against APOC Argenti and Nikador before Seele’s Novaflare. Now they’re actually pretty decent

Seele and Sparkle are E2S1, while Cerydra and DHPT are E1S1

Some notes:

- For this fight you don’t wanna spam ultimates out of turn since spamming them will advance all enemies. Wait until your turn then spam them

- Despite having less minions, Graphia is easier than Skaracabaz lol. I guess not having 40% Quantum res helps a lot

- Cerydra got saved by SW’s passive, but it doesn’t really matter without it. She got CC’ed 3 more times afterwards anyway xD

What was that? 9 consecutive actions?

It took them 3 years to implement but better late than never am I right?

Seele and Sparkle are E2S1, while Cerydra and DHPT are E1S1

TFW AI only plays slightly worse than you do. I should probably retire at this point /s

I decided to clear all 3 stages to see how far I could go in each stage. Some thoughts:

- Node 1 is the easiest stage yet. I could clear even faster with a bit of RNG (Lygus refused to pull Seele up for some reason)

- Node 2 is the hardest one yet. Enemies kept hiding themselves so Seele couldn’t even hit them

- Node 3 is alright. It is a neutral matchup after all

You’ve gotta try this out

Holy shit. That was the first attempt btw

I’ll gladly take it

Any tips are welcome

I’m surprised how this only took 1 cycle to clear (Dark SAM side took 1 cycle before this)

Been playing since 1.0 but I couldn’t beat it until now. It took 5 cycles but it was totally worth it